Your Majesty, the princess is fleeing famine with her child!

Chapter 347 Willing to Go to Shuozhou

The fifth prince spoke his last words in a very low voice.

But it was enough for everyone in the Zichen Hall to hear clearly.

The ministers who could rise to high positions in the six ministries and nine ministries were all top-notch talents.

Naturally, he could see the invisible swordplay between the princes.

Because it involved a major epidemic like smallpox that could easily wipe out an entire city, and seeing the uneasy look on Emperor Jingping's face, everyone became like quails and did not dare to speak easily.

I am afraid of being dragged into it and suffering the consequences.

Emperor Jingping saw clearly the little calculations of the eldest prince and the third prince.

But at this moment, he didn't have the heart to care about these things.

The most urgent issue is the smallpox epidemic in Shuozhou.

Emperor Jingping's gaze fell on Yun Fuling, and a hint of disappointment flashed in his eyes.

He summoned Yun Fuling over, thinking that she could come up with some solutions.

But it seemed that she had no other choice.

Well, even after the entire Imperial Medical Bureau put their heads together, they couldn't come up with a good and effective solution.

You have to know that the imperial physicians in the Imperial Medical Bureau are a small group of the best people in the entire medical community.

They were all helpless.

Yun Fuling is still young, and even if she has some medical skills and can treat common diseases, how can she be better than all the doctors in the Imperial Medical Bureau combined and be able to solve the smallpox epidemic?

Are we really going to seal off Shuozhou City?

Are we going to watch tens of thousands of civilians in the city and one hundred thousand border troops die of smallpox?

When Emperor Jingping thought that those people were all the people of Daqi and the subjects under his rule, he felt so heartbroken that he almost couldn't breathe.

Especially the 100,000 northern border troops.

They were elite troops that defended the territory and fought against the enemy. They were an army that was built through countless bloody battles.

Not to mention the effort and money required to maintain such an army.

Moreover, the armies of the Northern Barbarians and the Western Rong were watching covetously from the sidelines.

Although there was a threat of smallpox, they were afraid of it and might not dare to act rashly for the time being.

However, once Shuozhou became a deserted city due to smallpox, the armies of the Northern Barbarians and Western Rong would surely take advantage of the situation and invade.

Without the 100,000 troops in the north, Daqi's military defense would have to be rearranged and troops would have to be drawn from other places to guard the north.

In order to replenish the missing troops, we must go back and recruit new soldiers.

If one wants to build another northern army, the national treasury will have to take out a large sum of money.

Now, the already insufficient national treasury will inevitably be further impoverished.

The more Emperor Jingping thought about it, the more headache he felt.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Yun Fuling suddenly said, "Father, your daughter-in-law is willing to go to Shuozhou to solve the smallpox epidemic in Shuozhou."

Emperor Jingping looked up suddenly, a look of shock in his eyes.

Only then did he remember that his sons had been chattering non-stop since he asked the question.

From beginning to end, Yun Fuling had not spoken a word.

He originally thought that Yun Fuling had no way to solve the problem of smallpox, so she remained silent.

Unexpectedly, there was a surprise waiting for him after a series of twists and turns.

Emperor Jingping's mood went up and down like a roller coaster.

"Princess Yi, are you serious about this?"

Yun Fuling: "How dare a daughter-in-law speak nonsense in front of the emperor?"

"My daughter-in-law is willing to share my father's worries and go to Shuozhou to solve the smallpox epidemic."

Emperor Jingping nodded secretly in his heart.

Just the courage to go to Shuozhou surpasses many others.

"Before you came, I had already consulted the ministers, the princes, and the doctors in the Imperial Hospital for advice."

"They all said that the only way was to seal off the city and let the people in the city fend for themselves and get through this smallpox."

"You went to Shuozhou to solve this epidemic, but did you also use this method?"

Yun Fuling didn't expect that the solution to the epidemic in this era would be so simple and crude.

If the entire Shuozhou City was sealed off and the people in the city were left to fend for themselves, I'm afraid that not many people would survive in the end.

This method is really too cruel.

After all, there must be many people in Shuozhou who have not been infected with smallpox.

However, once the city was closed, both patients who had contracted smallpox and those who had not yet been infected would have their hope extinguished and would have nothing to do but wait to die.

Yun Fuling suddenly became more determined to go to Shuozhou.

No human life should be abandoned.

Shuozhou is the territory of Daqi, and the people in Shuozhou city are the people of Daqi.

That city and its people should not have been sacrificed.

This is not only her responsibility as a doctor, but also her responsibility as the future mother of the nation.

Yun Fuling raised her head, straightened her back, and said seriously, "In order to prevent the spread of the epidemic, my daughter-in-law thinks that closing the city is a good idea."

"But it doesn't mean to seal off the city and let the people in the city fend for themselves."

"My daughter-in-law has a prescription that should be effective in treating smallpox."

"But the details will only be known after my daughter-in-law arrives in Shuozhou and treats those smallpox patients."

"But my daughter-in-law is at least 50 percent sure that she can cure those smallpox patients."

"Besides that, my daughter-in-law has another method to prevent smallpox."

"But this method can only be promoted after my daughter-in-law arrives in Shuozhou and tries it out."

"If this method can be accomplished, smallpox can be eradicated in our Daqi territory from now on."

"The people of Daqi will never have to worry about smallpox again!"

As soon as Yun Fuling said this, the originally quiet hall was suddenly in an uproar.

It was like a drop of water falling into a boiling oil pan, making a boiling sound.

Xiao Jingyi was already very shocked when he saw Yun Fuling volunteering to go to Shuozhou to resolve the smallpox epidemic.

Now when I heard her say that not only was there a 50% chance of curing smallpox, but there was also a way to make it eradicated in Daqi, the shock I felt in my heart was beyond words.

At first, he was worried that Yun Fuling's words were too bold and he wanted to remind her a little.

But when I looked up and saw that she looked confident, my heart, which had been hanging in the air, immediately fell back.

Yun Fuling has never been a person who shoots without a target.

Since she said so, she must be very sure.

If she could really solve the smallpox epidemic in Shuozhou and find a way to eradicate smallpox, it would not only benefit the country and the people, but would also make an immortal contribution that would go down in history.

Emperor Jingping stood up suddenly in shock.

No sound came out for a long while.

He was the first person in history to be able to cure smallpox.

I am afraid that no doctor in the world would dare to think of eradicating smallpox so that people would never suffer from it again.

Yun Fuling not only dared to think about it, but also said it out loud.

This shows that she is really confident that she can accomplish this task.

The doctors in the Imperial Medical Bureau were all confused and couldn't believe what they had just heard.

Are they hallucinating?

How could anyone dare to make such a boast?

It is still unknown whether smallpox in Shuozhou can be cured.

He even dared to say that there was a way to eradicate smallpox and that people would no longer suffer from it.

Eradicating smallpox, is this just a daydream?